General engineer, student curriculum, third-year expertise in Process and Materials Engineering for Sustainable Development.
Campus
Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Bordeaux-Talence
Objectives
Gain knowledge of major environmental issues and the ecological and energy transitions, energy consumption, renewable and conventional energy sources, energy storage technologies, and materials for the environment, with a focus on resource conservation and the circular economy.
Acquire skills related to the optimal use of energy in buildings and industrial sites; to reducing the environmental impacts of industrial processes through the use of life-cycle analysis and eco-design; and to processes for treating wastewater and remediating contaminated soil.
Program
Module 1: Environmental impacts of emerging industries and technologies
- Conventional and emerging energy sources: nuclear energy, fossil fuels, photovoltaic and thermodynamic solar energy, wind energy, biomass, energy storage
Module 2: Metrology and Energy Management
- Energy management for industrial sites
- Energy management in buildings
- Energy system design
Module 3 Environmental Processes
- Flow, environment, energy
- Aquifer/soil remediation processes
- Wastewater treatment
- Materials for sustainable development
- Life cycle analysis
Key scientific and educational leaders in the field
Dr. Antonio Rodríguez de Castro and Prof. Nicolas Perry
Assessment methods
Written exam (continuous assessment and/or final exam) for courses, project report for certain courses, and a written report and oral defense for PJE 09 and SFE.
Teaching methods
Lectures, tutorials, project-based learning
Numerous contributions from recognized professionals in their field
3 specific modules in the expertise:
- Environmental impacts of emerging industries and technologies
- Metrology and energy management
- Environmental processes
Benefits of the training
Career opportunities
The positions are Production Manager, Operations Manager, R&D Engineer, Research Engineer, with engineering positions in
- Engineering firms specializing in: Construction (thermal engineering or the implementation and monitoring of high environmental quality (HQE) construction projects), Renewable Energy (solar, thermodynamics, wood energy, methanization and biogas, wind power, river or marine hydroelectric power), thermal-energy or hydraulic engineering related to industrial and environmental thermal engineering,
- public service companies for waste management, water, energy, and environmental services,
- in industries related to renewable and alternative energy production, or manufacturing in the food and textile sectors, as well as industries related to natural raw materials (leather, wood, paper, petroleum, coal products), hydrocarbon processing (plastic and rubber products), non-metallic minerals, and primary metal processing.
The areas covered are:
Energy sectors, specifically renewable energies, but also professions related to buildings, energy, and construction.
Environmental field for analysis, prevention, waste and effluent treatment, remediation,
Field of materials for sustainable development (circular economy) and environmental impact assessment
Partners
- Industrial: EXOGreen, Valorem, Total, SAFT, AdvTech, Moon Energy, Nobatek, BRGM, SAFRAN, APESA, Veolia
- Institutions: ENOVIA Competitiveness Cluster, Xylofutur, BRGM, APESA, ICMCB, IUT GCl, AVENIA Competitiveness Cluster
- academics: DUSA, University of Bordeaux
Support: Bordeaux Institute of Engineering and Mechanics (I2M)
Targeted companies
Valorem, Total, SAFT, AdvTech, Energie de la Lune, Nobatek, DUSA, BRGM, SAFRAN, APESA, Veolia, SMURFIT
Examples of internship opportunities offered / projects carried out
- Design and construction of a positive energy solar house made of maritime pine: participation in the Solar Decathlon Europe in partnership with NOBATEK and EXOSUN.
- Thermal characterization of phase change composite materials for energy storage
- Design/development of an operational tool for quantifying biomass on an industrial shredding line with SMURFIT
- Sensitivity analysis of thermal gradients in vertical wind profiles at VALOREM
- Definition of design indicators and a method for assessing environmental performance for the development of electronic products, with a major player in aerospace electronics.
- Measurement of pollutant saturation during groundwater fluctuation cycles, with Total
- Integration and analysis of building data applied to a digital innovation platform with an energy component, with Vinci
- Design for photovoltaic self-consumption and horticultural lighting with Eiffage Energies.
Practical information
- Required level: Master's degree in mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering and energy systems
- Equivalent international level
- Course language: French
- Period: Fall
- Number of hours:150
- ECTS credits:13
Contact
Dr. Antonio Rodríguez de Castro: antonio.rodriguezdecastro@ensam.eu
Keywords
#SustainableDevelopment #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy #EnvironmentalProcesses #CircularEconomy
